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Cigar Machine. N0. 238,500. Patented March 8,1881.

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0. HAMMERSTBIN. 01gar Machlne No. 238,500.

Patented March 8,1881

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N, PETERS, PHOTO-LITHOGRAFHER, WASHINGTON. D C.

llNiTED STATES PATENT Price.

OSCAR HAMMERS TEIN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO MALVINE HAMMERSTEIN,OF SAME PLACE.

CIGAR-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 238,500, dated March 8,1881.

Application filed June 30, 1880. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN, of New York, in the county andState of New York, have invented a new and Improved Machine for MakingCigars, of which the following is a specification.

Figure 1 is a side elevation, partly in section, of my improved machinefor making cigars. Fig. 2 is a plan or top view, partly in section, ofthe same. Fig. 3 is a face elevation, partly in section, of the same.Figs. 4 and 5 are vertical cross-sections, on an enlarged scale, of thejointed reciprocating mold used in the machine, showing the parts of andalso the said mold in different positions. Fig. 6 is a verticalcross-section of the hopper for supplying the charge of tobacco to themachine; and Fig. 7 is a detailed crosssection on the line as m, Fig. 1.

This invention relates to a new machine for giving proper form to thefillers of cigars for depositing the same in the proper molds and forinclosing them automatically with binders.

The principal feature of novelty of my machine consists in the newcombination of machinery and of parts for propelling the filler byair-pressure through a suitable channel or pipe into a receiving-mold,which, under the pressure of the air or of an equivalent fluid, receivesthe tobacco and shapes it into the form of the cigars. Thisreceiving-mold is made to reciprocate, and, when charged with tobacco,descends, opens, and discharges its contents into one of the chambers ofan ordinary cigarmold, into which, previous to the reception of thetiller, a binder has been placed, so that the filler is placed upon andpartly pressed into the binder. The jointed receiving-mold then ascendsand closes and goes into position for another charge of tobacco. Thebinder around the first charge has one of its ends, by motion of aplate, first carried over the filler, and then the cigar-mold itself ismoved, so as to bring another cavity under the receivingmold, and bysaid motion the other end of the binder is lapped over and placed on thefiller, so that when all the cavities of the cigar-mold are filled inthe manner stated it may be taken and placed under the other part of theregular cigar-mold-namely, under the part having the male or pressingprojections and the cigars then treated in said mold without specialhandling, as they are always treated in such molds and then perfected asother cigars are perfected.

The principal advantage of this machine seems to me to consist indispensing entirely with the handling ofthe filler and of the binder.The material for the filler is propelled by the column of air, or itsequivalent, into the mold which receives it. It is thus shapedautomatically into the exact form required, so that one cigar will beprecisely like the other and have the weight of the other, and in beingthus propelled by the action of the air the parallel position of theparts composing the tiller will be insured, and a perfect constructionof cigar the result.

Having thus set forth the general construction of the machine and itsoperation, I beg to state that my invention consists of the variouselements and combinations of parts hereinafter more fully specified, andpointed out in the claims, and I will now describe the machine morefully with reference to the accompanying drawings.

In said drawings, the letter A represents a suitable frame for themachine, and B is the drivin g-shaft,receivingrotary motion by means ofa belt or other suitable mechanism.

(1 is the air-tube leadingfrom the receivingchamber D, which may be partof the tube 0 to the receiving-mold E. The mold E, which I willhereinafter more specifically describe, is suspended by a vertical arm,a, from a crosshead, I), to which vertically-reciprocating motion isimparted by connecting rods 61 cl with a lever, e, that is controlled inits movements by a cam,f, on the shaft B, so that as the shaft revolves,the lever e is oscillated on its pivot g, causing thereby the rods clcl, with the crosshead I) and arm a and mold E, to move up and down inthe requisite manner. When the mold E is in its elevated position, as inFig. 1, its receiving-cavity is directly in line with and close to thedischarge end of the air-tube 0, so that whatever is propelled orshotthrough the tube 0 will readily enter said mold E.

The tube 0 is preferably of tapering form, so that the tobacco passingthrough it will be gradually compressed.

Above the receiving-chamber D is a hopper, F, which contains the tobaccofor the cigarfiller, and discharges it, through a revolving jacket orvalve, G, into said chamber D. The jacket G, as shown, embraces thechamber D, and connects, by a crank, h, and rod h", with a crank of theshaft B, so that it is turned to bring an opening, in its side, eitherabove the receiving-opening 7c of the chamber D or tube (3, as in Fig.6, or to bring said opening k" to the side of the chamber D or tube 0,as

in Fig. 1. In theposition shown in Fig. 6 the receiving chamber D isopen to receive a charge of tobacco from the hopper, said hoppercontaining, by preference, a spur-wheel or bladed shaft, to whichintermittent rotarymotion is imparted by a suitable pawl-and-ratchetconnection with the shaft B, for properly disturbing the tobacco, andallowing it properly to drop into the receiving-chamber D. When a chargehas been given to the receiving-chamber, the jacket or valve Gr isturned to close the aperture 7c of said chamber, as in Fig. l, and themachine is now in position to permit the charge of tobacco to be shotthrough the tube 0 into the mold E. To this end an airpump or other airorsteam propelling apparatus connects by a pipe, H, with the larger orouter end of the chamber D, and at the proper moment a valve, '11, insaid pipe H is opened automatically, and the air admitted to the chamberD with such force as to violently and suddenly shoot the charge oftobacco from said chamber through the tube 0 into the mold E. Themovements of the valve i in the pipe H are controlled by a rod, 1;", andlever 6 and by a cam, "F, on the shaft B, (see Figs. 1 and 7,) thepreferred construction being such that when a toe on the cam i strikesthe lever W, or a pin projecting therefrom, said lever will be raised toopen the valve, and immediately after the toe has passed the lever willdrop down of its own weight, or under the assistance of a suitablespring or weight, to close the valve, so that of the valuableair-pressure no more will be consumed than is absolutely needed forpropelling the tobacco. As soon as the mold E has been filled in themanner stated the shaft B causes it to descend by means of the lever eand parts at b a, hereinbetore specified, and when the mold has reachedits lowermost position an aperture, a" in the arm ais brought oppositeto the discharge end of the tube 0, and at the same moment the valve iis again opened, so as to shoot out of the tube C any tobacco orremnants of tobacco that mayhave failed to enter the mold E, and mayhave remained in the tube 0, thus leaving the machine always free andclean when a new charge of tobacco is supplied to it from the hopper.

The mold E, of which cross-sections on a large scale are shown in Figs.4 and 5, is, as these figures clearly show, composed of three principalparts-the central upper part, I, and

the two side wings, m m. The two wings m m are hinged to the upper partor central portion, Z, so that on their hinges they may either foldtogether, as in Fig. l, to partly underlap the portion 1 and form thecomplete mold, or swing aside away from the central portion, 1, as inFig. 5, to open the mold and allow the discharge of its contents. As themold E descends it moves toward the table I of the machine, on whichtable the female or hollow part of an ordinary cigar-mold, J, is placed,said mold J being at the time of action so placed that one of itscavities or receptacles will be directly beneath the mold E. As the moldE approaches the mold J, pins 0 0, that proj ect from the wings on mintogrooves 12 p ot'an upright stationary post, L, of the machine,will, inentering the lower outwardly-extending parts of said grooves, open themold E-that is to say, cause the wings m m to be moved and swung aside,as in Fig. 5 so as to permit the filler from within the mold E to dropinto the cavity of the mold J below the portion 1 of the mold E, whichis hollowed out underneath to part of the shape of a cigar, entering themold J, as in Fig. 5, sufliciently to insure the proper location of thefiller within said mold J. It is essential for this operation that thepart Z should be hollow on the under side, to enable it to deposit thefiller in the mold J, as shown in Fig. Thus the filler has been properlyformed and deposited in the cigarmold, and after this has been done themold E is re-elevated, whereby its wings on m are necessarily broughtback into the position shown in Fig. 4, and finally the closed moldE isbrought back into line with the pipe 0 to receive a new charge, &c., adinfinitmn. The cavity of the mold J has placed in it, by the hand of theoperator, just before the mold E discharges the filler into it, abinder, which is a leaf of tobacco, (or paper,) for binding andinclosing the filler, said binder being shown by a dotted line in Fig.5, said line being con tained between the letters 1' and s in saidfigure. Two plates, M and N, overlap the mold J on opposite sides of thecavity to be filled, and the binder is so placed into said cavity thatone of its ends, 0, will rest on the plate M, and the other, 8, willrest on the plate N, so that when the mold E deposits and presses itscharge home into the mold J it will partly fill said binder. After themold E has begun its ascent the plate M is moved horizontally over thefilled cavity of the mold J, so as to fold the end r of the binder uponthe filler within said cavity. This motion is imparted to the plate M bya suitable crank, t, on a rock-shaft, P, which rock-shaft receives itsmo= tion, by a rod, to, lever a and eccentric 14 from the shaft B. Uponthe return-stroke of the rock-shaft another crank, f, or a weight orspring, carries the plate M back to its normal position. After the plateM has thus lapped the end 1" of the binder over the filler, a pawl, '0,on the rock-shaft P operated by crank t rod to, and eccentric w, takesinto one of the ICS empty cavities of the mold J, or into a rackconnected thereto, and moves said mold in the direction of the arrow(shown in Fig.3) sufficiently far to bring a new cavity or chamber ofthe mold J into line with the mold E. While the mold J is thus movingbeneath the fixed plate N, the end 8 of the binder, which may be gummed,if desired, is by such motion lapped over the filled cavity and fillerto complete the inclosure of the filler by means of the binder.

Of course the means described in the machine for giving motion to thevarious parts may be modified and changed without departing from thespirit of my invention, and I de sire it to be distinctly understoodthat I do not limit myself to such means, or any means which may bedevised for that purpose nor do I wish to limit myself to the particularform of shooting-tube (J shown in the drawings, for I find, byexperiment, that instead of shooting the filler in the direction of itslength, it may, in many cases, be shot into a mold with substantiallythe same effect in the direction of its breadththat is to say, theshooting-pipe Gwould be so wide that the length of the filler would haveroom within it laterally.

Instead of opening the mold E by means of the stationary grooved post L,said post may be caused to move with substantially the same result.

The invention is equally applicable to all kinds of cigars, and to allsizes thereof, be they known as cigars, cigarettes, cheroots, conchas,or the like.

By attaching the pipe H to the outer end of the mold E the operation canbe performed by suction to the same effect as by the air-pressuredescribed.

I claim 1. In a cigar-machine, the combination of the movablereceiving-mold E, with the shooting-tube 0, having supply-opening k, andairsupply pipe H, substantially as herein shown and described.

2. The combination of the hopper F with the receiving-chamber D, havingopening k, and movable jacket G, and aperture k" therein, and with theshooting tube (3, attached to chamber D, for operation substantially asdescribed.

3. In a machine for making cigars, the combination of the receiving-moldE and shootingpipe 0, having aperture is, with the arm at, havingaperture a", and with the pipe H, for permitting the discharge ofremnants of tobacco from the tube 0, substantially as specified.

4. The receiving-mold E, constructed of the parts lm m, jointedtogether, the part I being hollow on its lower face, to partly receivethe filler and serve as a plunger for depositing itin another mold, J,substantially as specified.

5. The reciprocating mold E, having pivoted wings m m, in combinationwith the standard L, having grooves or guides 19 p, for operationsubstantially as described.

6. The combination, in a cigar-machine, of the receiving-mold E, withmechanism for reciprocatin g it, with the main cigar-mold J, and withmechanism for imparting rectilinear motion to said mold J, substantiallyas specified.

7. The combination of the movable mold J with the movableplateMandimmovable plate N, for laying the binder automatically, substantially asspecified.

8. The process herein described of manufacturing fillers for cigars bypropelling the tobacco, by air-pressure, into a receiving-mold,substantially as specified.

9. The combination of the shooting-tube 0, having receiving-opening k,with the air-tube H, reciprocating receiving-mold E, andrectilinearlymoving cigar-mold J, for operation substantially as hereinshown and described.

OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN.

Witnesses:

WILLY G. E. SCHULTZ, JAMES TURK.

